Psalms 112

¹Shout in celebration of praise to the Lord!

Everyone who loves the Lord and delights in him

will cherish his words and be blessed beyond expectation.

²Their descendants will be prosperous and influential.

Every generation of the righteous will experience his favor.

³Great blessing and wealth fills the house of the wise ,

for their integrity endures forever.

⁴Even if darkness overtakes them,

sunrise-brilliance will come bursting through

because they are gracious to others, so tender and true.

⁵Life is good for the one who is generous and charitable,

conducting affairs with honesty and truth.

⁶Their circumstances will never shake them

and others will never forget their example.

⁷They will not live in fear or dread of what may come,

for their hearts are firm, ever secure in their faith.

⁸Steady and strong, they will not be afraid,

but will calmly face their every foe

until they all go down in defeat.

⁹Never stingy and always generous to those in need,

they lived lives of influence and honor that will never be forgotten,

for they were full of good deeds.

¹⁰But the wicked take one look at a life lived like this

and they grit their teeth in anger, not understanding their bliss.

The wicked slink away speechless in the darkness that falls,

where hope dies and all their dreams fade away to nothing,

nothing at all!